Did you know? - Interesting Library triva

In FY 05, July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005:

• The average number of times the library's web pages were "viewed" was 11,875 times per day.
• More than 625,000 searches were conducted using the library's 140+ subscription databases from both on and off-campus.
• Librarians conducted 191 classes, workshops and tours for 3,436 people.
• Traditional reserves items were consulted 7,562 times and electronic reserves were consulted 59,000 times.
• Circulation increased 12% and 37,700 books and media were checked out.
• More than 200,000 people entered the library, including 28,687 during December and May finals. Some 10,200 visited the café during the same finals periods.
• Almost 250 people used the Archives and Special Collections for their research.

The library has more than 7,000 DVDs and VHS tapes, and over 2,000 CDs available for loan.

You can contact a professional reference librarian 24 hours a day, seven days a week for research assistance. http://library2.fairfield.edu/reference/ask.html